Findings announced of organic cotton LCA

PORTLAND – Textile Exchange used this year's annual conference to announce the results of the first ever Life Cycle Assessment of organic cotton. The findings suggest organic cotton compares highly favourably when measured against conventional cotton in areas such as water consumption, global warming, energy demand and soil erosion. By John Mowbray in Portland, USA.

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